Wandera is a privately held company that develops unified cloud security solutions for corporations with mobile workforces. The SaaS security vendor provides unified cloud security for businesses through its Wandera Security Cloud, helping protect corporate data, applications, users and devices. The company offers a secure layer in the network that customers can route data through, and a corresponding app that gets installed on end-user devices. Wandera's solution can be deployed in any environment—COPE, COBO or BYOD. Wandera is powered by its threat intelligence engine, MI:RIAM, to uncover and block new threats in real time before they exploit vulnerable devices. In 2018, Wandera announced a partnership with IBM Security in which IBM would sell Wandera as a complementary and integrated solution alongside IBM MaaS 360. Wandera has similar integrations with other leading EMM solutions including Microsoft Intune, MobileIron and VMware Workspace One. Wandera was co-founded in 2012 by brothers Eldar and Roy Tuvey, who formerly co-founded ScanSafe, which was acquired by Cisco in 2009. Wandera has offices in London, England, San Francisco, California and Brno, Czech Republic. Backed by Bessemer Venture Partners and 83North Venture Capital, the company raised $27.5 million in Series C funding led by Sapphire Ventures in May 2017, bringing total funding to $53.5 million.
Research
In 2019, Google removed seven apps from the Google Play Store after Wandera researchers discovered that these apps contained dropper malware. In 2019, Apple Inc. removed 17 apps from its App Store after Wandera researchers discovered that these apps were infected with trojan malware. In 2019, Wandera researchers discovered that the e-ticketing systems used by many major airlines send check-in links that are unencrypted to passengers, putting passengers' personally identifiable data at risk of being accessed and modified by hackers. In 2019, Wandera researchers found more than a dozen iPhone apps covertly communicating with a C&C server associated with Golduck, an Android-focused malware that infects popular classic game apps. In 2018 Wandera discovered a new family of mobile malware called RedDrop that exfiltrates victims’ sensitive data including ambient audio recordings and sends it to cloud storage services. In 2017, Wandera discovered the resurgence of ransomware SLocker, identifying over 400 new SLocker variants that featured small changes, which allowed them to pass undetected by most mobile security apps.
Recognition
In October 2019, Wandera was included as a representative vendor in the Gartner Market Guide for Mobile Threat Defense. In December 2018, Wandera was named a Leader in the IDC Marketspace: Worldwide Mobile Threat Management Software 2018-2019 Vendor Assessment. In 2017, Wandera was awarded Best Mobile Security Solution at the SC Awards Europe. In 2013, Wandera was nominated for the RedherringEurope Top 100 Awards. In April 2014, Wandera was named a “Cool Vendor in Enterprise Mobility, 2014″ by Gartner.
